One child one plan – revised September 2013
One child one plan will focus on developing a more connected and effective plan, rich in data and information which will
provide for the delivery of specific services to meet the individual needs of each child and young person.
A single plan will make it simpler for service providers to share information and work collaboratively using integrated
approaches to ensure real and positive ongoing change occurs for children and increase staff knowledge and understanding
of children’s services.
Phase one of this project has been re-scoped to focus on three major learning plans that currently exist to assist children and
young people to access, participate in and gain the full benefits of schooling. The three plans included in the revised One child
one plan project are: Negotiated Education Plan (NEP) for Students with Disabilities; Individual Learning Plan (IEP) for
Students In Care and the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) for Aboriginal students.
The concept has been trialled in a number of schools across the state. The results of these paper -based trials have provided
a better understanding about how the model benefits children, young people and service providers. Feedback has assisted
the project board to develop a scoping document and project proposal leading toward the development of an online system
, that would provide real-time access to data and information to authorised service providers. More importantly it will allow
children, young people and families to have some knowledge and control over the information held about them.
Objectives
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Develop three preschool and school plans: NEP, ILP
and IEP, into one online system
Address Enterprise Bargaining Agreements between
the AEU and DECD relating to teachers workload.
Scope
The project will
• organise a paper trial which includes all regional
areas and site variables e.g. Early Years Special Small
Class, Special Unit
• collate and use feedback from hardcopy trial to
inform online system design relating to content and
data input - teacher workload
• be accessible for children attending kindergarten/
preschool to year 12 who are currently on any of the
NEP, ILP and IEP plans.
For clarity, the following activities are out of
scope:
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Children attending kindergarten/ preschool to year
12 whose learning is not being supported by an NEP,
ILP or IEP.
Development, testing and implementation of the One
Child One Plan into an online system.
The aim is that all service providers, leadership and school
staff will be able to use the online system to plan and
document differentiated and personalised approaches to
meet an individual child or young person’s needs.
The online system is subject to endorsement by DECD’s
Senior Executive Group (SEG).
Deliverables
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outcomes / analysis of paper trial of One child, one
plan to inform a web based application
Scoping document and Use Cases
an ICT Project Proposal submitted to DECD SEG for
endorsement, following which an options paper will
be developed.
Benefits to children, young people and families
This singular plan will demonstrate a more effective and
child centred approach to service provision resulting in
children, young people or families:
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Outcomes
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The outcome of the project is to develop the One child,
one plan to develop three major learning plans: NEP, ILP
and IEP, in to one online system, to assist children and
young people to access, participate in and gain the full
benefits of schooling.
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telling ‘their story’ less rather than more
having access to quality relevant services
being happy, satisfied and having a say about the
services they use
driving the services
having a service culture that allows for information
sharing across agencies and systems
having a comprehensive developmental and holistic
profile by combining information from a wide range
of sources
accessing data and information updated and
communicated in real-time
developing a healthy and trusting relationship with a
coordinating provider
having fewer people as the main points of contact.